Wife of John Trask of Salem, "being violently asalted by the temtations of satan, cut her owne throte with a paire of sisers to the astonishment and grief of all, especially her most nere relations." "Early Vital Records of Massachusetts (Beverly Deaths)"The trial of Mrs. Bridgett Bishop took place two years after the death of Christian Trask. She was accused of bewitching Mrs. Trask causing her to commit suicide. Christian was the daughter of William & Elizabeth (Hunter) Trask and married John Trask/Traske on April 9, 1679 in Beverly, Essex Co., MA. She was 29 yr. of age when she died and was the mother of five children born during the eleven years of her marriage. The youngest was 5 months old at the time of her suicide and it is possible that she suffered from post-partum depression.

Christian (Woodbury) Trask is actually the dau. of Humphrey Woodbury & Elizabeth Dudley or Hunter.Christian, d. Humphry and Elizabeth, b. 20: 2 m. 1661. CT.R. Salem V.R. (Pg. #440).The Will of Elizabeth Woodbury is published in the N.E.H.G. Register, Book #7, Pg. 322.Also, See: Hunter I Genealogy.Elizabeth also may have been sister of Christian Hunter who married Mayflower passenger Richard More.From Burke's Landed Gentry, 18th Edition, Vol. #2, pg. #651; Recorded at the College of Arms in England in 1953. They name Elizabeth DUDLEY.